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Vegas Golden Knights vs Nashville Predators

Regular season · Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · Bridgestone Arena

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5–2

Final

SOG 25–27

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SCRIPPS

Recap

Golden Knights rally past Predators 5-2 in Nashville

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 on Tuesday at Bridgestone Arena. Ryan O'Reilly put Nashville ahead early in the first period with his second goal of the season, assisted by Filip Forsberg. Tomas Hertl tied it and Jack Eichel put Vegas ahead later in the first, each scoring his fourth goal of the season, and it was 2-1 Golden Knights after one period.

Adam Edstrom pulled the Predators even with a shorthanded goal midway through the second, but William Karlsson answered late in the period to make it 3-2, a goal that stood as the winner. Vegas added two more in the third, from Trevor Connelly early and Brett Howden at 6:24, to seal it. The Golden Knights came back from a one-goal deficit to win and improved to 6-2-0, while the Predators fell to 2-2-2.

Karlsson, Eichel and Edstrom were the three stars. Howden finished with a goal and an assist, Rasmus Andersson had two assists, and O'Reilly had a goal and an assist for Nashville. Adin Hill made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 20 of 25 in the loss. The Predators outshot the Golden Knights 27-25.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK212525
Nashville PredatorsNSH110227

Three stars

  1. ★1st starWilliam KarlssonVGK · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJack EichelVGK · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starAdam EdstromNSH · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:29

2–2 · 2nd 8:45 · Edstrom. Stone was 1:29 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceNSH on ice

0–1 NSH

1st 3:55 · O'Reilly

McNabb 0:39

1–1 VGK

1st 6:46 · Hertl

Long shift: Wood 1:02

2–1 VGK

1st 12:48 · Eichel

Ahcan 0:29

2–2 NSH

2nd 8:45 · SH · Edstrom

Long shift: Stone 1:29

3–2 VGK

2nd 17:44 · Karlsson

Colton 0:30

4–2 VGK

3rd 4:49 · Connelly

Drury 0:56

5–2 VGK

3rd 6:24 · Howden

O'Reilly 0:57

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

VGKNSH
25Shots on goal27
54%Faceoff %46%
0/2Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes4
13Hits25
19Blocked shots8
15Giveaways24
5Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 04:36Brett Howden · interference2 min
  • 1st 10:44Ivan Barbashev · holding2 min
  • 1st 13:09Nic Dowd · ps holding on breakaway0 min
  • 2nd 07:41Adam Wilsby · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 01:07Mitch Marner · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 09:03Nils Hoglander · cross checking2 min

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